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Summary:

The Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation TooL (CCORAL), a web-based tool designed to help decision makers in the Caribbean integrate climate resilience into their decision making and planning processes, has been

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Implementing Agency:

Ministry of Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration (MINVEC)

Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:

Ministry of Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration (MINVEC), National Union for the Manufacturing of Durables (INPUD) within the Ministry of Steel and Mechanics Industry and Electronics (SIME), Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA)

Summary:

This project was one of the first to combine action on climate change and ozone depletion. It was designed to assist Cuban manufacturers to produce a range of highly efficient, low power consumption home refrigerators using substances which do not deplete the ozone layer.

Project Components:

Establishment of accredited testing laboratory for design and trial of new refrigerator models.

Manufacturing of new energy-efficient models.

Training of technicians for on-going sustainable maintenance and support of the new models.

Expected Outputs:

Establishment of a nationally accredited testing laboratory for refrigerators and freezers (on-going benefit of marketing services to other Cuban and regional manufacturers.

Development of 3 new enerfy-efficient refrigerator models.

Establishment of a manufacturing line capable of producing 30,000 units per year.

New models result in an energy savings of 1.96kWh/day per refrigerator.

Resulting savings of 11.3 tons of CO2 per refrigerator over an average 15 year life span.

Reduce domestic refrigeration's share of national electricity use by 1/3.

Total estimated savings to Cuban economy from the implementation of the project through 2010 is estimated at US$6,800,000 per annum.

Projected production of 340,000 energy efficient refrigerators by 2015.

Training of 60 technicians.

Increase in national capacity for practical management of semi-industrial projects.

Implementing Agency:

United Nations Development Programme

Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:

Ministry of Energy and Mining, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy

Summary:

The reduction of emissions of green house gases (GHG) and relevance and importance of the introduction and use of renewable energy technologies, especially for clean electric power generation, to contribute to these reductions is common knowledge. Within the new technologies that are being developed in the last few years for clean power generation, those based on marine renewable resources (especially wave, tidal, current) have great potential, due to its concentrated power and high predictability.

Project Components:

Wave Energy Conversion Technology Assessment

Capacity Building and Training

Policy and Regulatory Support

Demonstration Wave Energy Pilot Projects

Project management

Expected Outputs:

Documented Techno-economic feasibility assessments of potential WEC application projects, and of local production of WEC components.

Workshop and training courses to increase technical capabilities of government agencies and targeted civil society institutions (NGOs, universities, consulting companies) developed and delivered.

Regulatory Framework about Wave Energy in place. Short Term National Wave Energy Strategy defined.

Documented results of the implemented WEC application demos; Identified and designed other WEC application projects.

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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

Summary:

Recurrent natural hazards destabilize the socio-economic fabric of the Caribbean region with most damaging impacts of hurricanes experienced in 2004, 2006 and 2008. At least 6,000 lives were lost, and over one million people were affected by climate related hazards in the region in 2004 alone. Comprehensive assessments of the impacts of the extraordinary active hurricane season 2004 on five Caribbean countries revealed that the damages were close to US $5.7 billion.

Project Components:

* Collection, validation, testing and replication of good practices in agriculture.
* Promote close collaboration between stakeholders to promote synergies and avoid possible duplications
* Promote and improve linkages between disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and emergency relief operations and their complementary integration into regular agricultural and rural and regional development planning
* Enhance regional learning exchange on DRM

Expected Outputs:

* Establish exchange process among sectors and countries for the knowledge on DRM
* Assess the institutional frameworks in place for DRM in agriculture within the participating countries, and compare among them, including weaknesses and strengths
* Formulate the recommendations to further strengthen country specific and regional institutional settings for DRM in agriculture.

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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

Summary:

Recurrent natural hazards destabilize the socio-economic fabric of the Caribbean region with most damaging impacts of hurricanes experienced in 2004, 2006 and 2008. At least 6,000 lives were lost, and over one million people were affected by climate related hazards in the region in 2004 alone. Comprehensive assessments of the impacts of the extraordinary active hurricane season 2004 on five Caribbean countries revealed that the damages were close to US $5.7 billion.

Project Components:

* Collection, validation, testing and replication of good practices in agriculture.
* Promote close collaboration between stakeholders to promote synergies and avoid possible duplications
* Promote and improve linkages between disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and emergency relief operations and their complementary integration into regular agricultural and rural and regional development planning
* Enhance regional learning exchange on DRM

Expected Outputs:

* Establish exchange process among sectors and countries for the knowledge on DRM
* Assess the institutional frameworks in place for DRM in agriculture within the participating countries, and compare among them, including weaknesses and strengths
* Formulate the recommendations to further strengthen country specific and regional institutional settings for DRM in agriculture.

Funding Source:

Cofinancing Total:

Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

Summary:

Recurrent natural hazards destabilize the socio-economic fabric of the Caribbean region with most damaging impacts of hurricanes experienced in 2004, 2006 and 2008. At least 6,000 lives were lost, and over one million people were affected by climate related hazards in the region in 2004 alone. Comprehensive assessments of the impacts of the extraordinary active hurricane season 2004 on five Caribbean countries revealed that the damages were close to US $5.7 billion.

Project Components:

* Collection, validation, testing and replication of good practices in agriculture.
* Promote close collaboration between stakeholders to promote synergies and avoid possible duplications
* Promote and improve linkages between disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and emergency relief operations and their complementary integration into regular agricultural and rural and regional development planning
* Enhance regional learning exchange on DRM

Expected Outputs:

* Establish exchange process among sectors and countries for the knowledge on DRM
* Assess the institutional frameworks in place for DRM in agriculture within the participating countries, and compare among them, including weaknesses and strengths
* Formulate the recommendations to further strengthen country specific and regional institutional settings for DRM in agriculture.

Funding Source:

Cofinancing Total:

Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

Summary:

Recurrent natural hazards destabilize the socio-economic fabric of the Caribbean region with most damaging impacts of hurricanes experienced in 2004, 2006 and 2008. At least 6,000 lives were lost, and over one million people were affected by climate related hazards in the region in 2004 alone. Comprehensive assessments of the impacts of the extraordinary active hurricane season 2004 on five Caribbean countries revealed that the damages were close to US $5.7 billion.

Project Components:

* Collection, validation, testing and replication of good practices in agriculture.
* Promote close collaboration between stakeholders to promote synergies and avoid possible duplications
* Promote and improve linkages between disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and emergency relief operations and their complementary integration into regular agricultural and rural and regional development planning
* Enhance regional learning exchange on DRM

Expected Outputs:

* Establish exchange process among sectors and countries for the knowledge on DRM
* Assess the institutional frameworks in place for DRM in agriculture within the participating countries, and compare among them, including weaknesses and strengths
* Formulate the recommendations to further strengthen country specific and regional institutional settings for DRM in agriculture.

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Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:

UNDP, Ministry of Energy and Mining, and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy

Summary:

The main objective of the project is the introduction of renewable wave energy in a Small Island Developing State like Jamaica for the electrification of coastal rural communities (both on and off-grid) and to contribute to lowering the risk of these communities exposure to high energy storm waves.

Background

Project Components:

1. Wave Energy Conversion Technology Assessment

2. Capacity Building and Training

3. Policy and Regulatory Support

4. Demonstration Wave Energy Pilot Projects

5. Project management

Expected Outputs:

1. Documented Techno-economic feasibility assessments of potential WEC application projects, and of local production of WEC components.